Ananda home for tea – outclass Maliyadeva
Ananda were home for tea when they outclassed Maliyadeva Kurunegala by an innings and 14 runs in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Ananda Mawatha yesterday.
Ananda batsman Pasindu Isira cuts on his way to score 103 against Maliyadeva at Ananda Mawatha. - Pic by Amila Gamage
Ananda had laid the foundation on day one having bowled out the Devans for a low score of 124 and ending the day on 161 for 4. Ananda, resuming on the second day, were propelled by two solid performances from Pasindu Isira and Dasun Wijesinghe.
Pasindu, who was unbeaten on 54 on the opening day, went on to reach his ton and ended making a 107-ball knock of 103 which included ten boundaries and three sixes.
Pasindu along with Dasun who remained unbeaten on 64 were associated in a 144-run stand for the fifth wicket enabling Ananda to post 261 for 5 declared.
Maliyadeva batting the second time with a deficit of 137 runs made steady progress but collapsed in the latter part of the innings. From a score of 87 for 4 they lost their remaining six wickets for just 36 runs and succumbed to a meagre total of 123.
St. Anthony’s Wattala coasted to their third outright win of the season with a comfortable 7-wicket win over P. de S. Kularatne MV Ambalangoda in the match which ended at Wattala.
The hero for St. Anthony’s was their skipper and opener Sachin Jacob who made an unbeaten 54 in his side’s run chase of 84 runs. He helped his side reach the target in the 21st over.
Sachin in the process reached the 500-run mark for the season which he achieved having so far played six matches. His knocks comprise two half tons and two centuries.
Dharmapala put in some stiff resistance to deny Prince of Wales’ an outright win after the latter was in a strong position when play stopped for lunch on the second at Pannipitiya.
Prashan Ratnayake put in a heroic effort for the Palians with a knock of 103 enabling them stave off defeat.
Wesley registered a first inning win over St. Benedict’s in the match concluded at Kotahena. The second day’s play saw St. Benedict’s resuming from their overnight score of 38 for 1 being bowled out for 100 with Jonathan Caderamanpulle, claiming impressive figures of 5 for 28, doing the damage.
St. Joseph’s despite making a formidable total of 250 and bundling out Mahinda for 135 had to be satisfied with a first inning win in the match which ended at Darley Road.
St. Anthony’s Katugastota who have been performing well since the school cricket season began, came back into reckoning when they held Nalanda to a draw in a high scoring match played at Campbell Place.
The opening day’s play saw Nalanda, who took the first lease of the wicket, making a formidable total of 341 for 9 declared with Woshantha Silva slamming a knock of 123 with 15 boundaries and four sixes.
At Ananda Mawatha
Maliyadeva 124 (Damitha Silva 28, Sharinda Dassanayake 21, Damith Perera 21, P. Keppitipola 18, Sachintha Peiris 21 n.o.: Kasun Perera 3 for 8, Sandaken Pathirana 3 for 22, Tharana Ravindu 3 for 34) and 123 (Minod Bhanuka 33, Kusal Silva 21, A.V. Tennekoon 17: Isuru Gunasekera 3 for 36, Sandaken Pathirana 3 for 43, Kasun Perera 2 for 3, Tharana Ravindu 2 for 21)
St. Anthony’s batsman Kanishka Uggalpaya top scored with 127 runs against Nalanda at Campbell Place. - Pic by Susantha Liyanawatte
Ananda (161/4 overnight) 261 for 5 declared (Pasindu Isira 103, Lakkana Jayasekera 39, Thamalaka Athulathmudali 34, Dasun Wijesinghe 64 n.o.: Chandima Bandara 3 for 79, Sachintha Peiris 2 for 54)
At Wattala
P. de S. Kularatne MV Ambalangoda 111 (Maleesha Harshajith 45, Chalith Chamod 17: Kaveesha Jayatilleke 5 for 32, Shamsul Muneer 3 for 24) and (43/0 overnight) and 169 (Charith Chamod 45, Kasun Tharaka 35, Prabath Sameera 22: Ashan Rukmal 4 for 47, Supun Dias 2 for 31, Kaveesha Jayatilleke 2 for 52)
St. Anthony’s Wattala 197 (Asiri Wageesha 72, Shamsul Muneer 36: Kavinda Kalhara 5 for 31, Kasun Tharaka 2 for 59) and 86 for 3 (Sachin Jacob 54 n.o.: Kasun Tharaka 2 for 24)
At Pannipitiya
Prince of Wales’ 361 for 6 declared (Kusal Mendis 178, Shanuka Dulaj 72, Pasan Nelaka 21, Hasitha Lanka 42 n.o.: Tharindu Shiran 2 for 32)
Dharmapala (98/3 overnight) 224 (Himasha Liyanage 54, Chathuranga Wijekoon 41, Vimukthi Radella 31, Vimantha Lakpriya 23 n.o.: Gayan Chamara 4 for 36, Sachith Pushpakumara 2 for 17, Thilan Nimesh 2 for 52) and 177 for 9 (Prashan Ratnayake 103: Jayanga Peiris 4 for 35, Thilan Nimesh 3 for 70, Shanuka Dulaj 2 for 7)
At Darley Road
St. Joseph’s 250 (Priyamal Perera 90, Dylan Fernandopulle 48, Nirvana Abeysekera 36, Yashan Samarasinghe 21: Samith Kalhara 3 for 47, Pasindu Dilshan 2 for 25, Hiroshana Champika 2 for 41)
Mahinda (76/5 overnight) 135 (Sachinthana Tharuka 26, Dulash Udayanga 21, Piyushan Kulatunge 18, Gihan Dhanushka 21 n.o.: Priyamal Perera 4 for 30, Dylan Fernandopulle 2 for 11, Fabian Fernando 2 for 21) and 200 for 3 (Piyushan Kulatunga 63, Dulash Udayaga 61, Thushara Akalanka 34: Sadeera Samarawickrama 2 for 13)
At Kotahena.
Wesley 189 (Himesh Jayaratne 75, Tharindu Karunaratne 25, A. Parais 18, T. Jebeseelan 17: Yohan Soyza 5 for 42, Sithum Wijesinghe 2 for 14, Geethika Jayatilleke 2 for 38) and 110 for 6 declared (Tharindu Karunaratne 28, Zineth Wickramanayake 21, Jonathan Caderamanpulle 18 n.o.: Geethika Jayatilleke 3 for 42, Sithum Wijesinghe 2 for 15)
St Benedict’s (38/1 overnight) 100 (Mahel Jayalath 28, Nimesh Fonseka 25: Jonathan Caderamanpulle 5 for 28, Sachin Jayawardena 2 for 17, Tharindu Karunaratne 2 for 20) and 110 for 3 (Janindu Karunatilleke 36, Mahel Jayalath 24, Thulina Dilshan 18: Sachin Jayawardena 2 for 33)
At Campbell Place
Nalanda 341 for 9 declared (Woshantha Silva 123, Pramud Hettiwatte 51, Senura Amarasinghe 46, Malinga Amarasinghe 30, Avishka de Silva 27: Uditha Mahindaratne 4 for 70, Dilan Bandara 4 for 84)
St. Anthony’s Katugastota (17/1 overnight) 322 for 7 (Kanishka Uggalpaya 127, Nimesha Gunasinghe 64, Pulasthi Bandara 56, Samitha Panditharatne 26, Kavindu Bandara 20: Anuththara Madawa 2 for 69)
At Reid Avenue
Royal 216 for 7 declared (Chamika Karunaratne 72, Rojitha Jayawardena 25, Shaminda Dias 20, Tiran Dhanapala 60 n.o., Harith Samarasinghe 15 n.o.: Achintha Kalpana 3 for 31) and 168 for 7 (Hashen Ramanayake 29, Shaminda Dias 20, Harith Samarasinghe 51 n.o., Tiran Dhanapala 19 n.o.: Ayesh Weeraratne 3 for 24, Arjuna Gunawardena 2 for 40)
Thurstan 249 (Kavindu Kulasekera 138, Sajith Gunatilleke 93, Avishka Peiris 24: Chamika Karunaratne 3 for 20, Harith Samarasinghe 3 for 52, Devin Pathmanathan 2 for 65)
Zahira holds Rajans at Lake View
Zahira College Colombo came off second best in their Under-19 Schools Cricket match against Dharmaraja College at Lake View yesterday. Allrounder Tharusha Weragoda turned up trumps with the bat as he made an elegant 74 that had eleven fours. Ramesh Ranasinghe also weighed in with a meaty contribution.
Mohamed Fahim, a left-arm spinner, took the bowling honours for the visitors with a five for. At the close the Zahirians were 42 runs ahead but had lost half their side. Deneth Lanka, the Rajans off-spinner, was among the wickets once more.
Zahira 200 all out in 73.2 overs (M. Salman 52, S. Weerasinghe 41, N. Ahmed 22, T. Safran 22, V. Galahitiyawa 4 for 53, D. Lanka 4 for 41) and 115 for 5 wickets in 39 overs (N. Ahmed 15, M. Saifdeen 30, M. Salman 17, M. Insaf 12, S. Weerasinghe 14n.o, D. Lanka 3 for 33)
Dharmaraja (31-1 overnight) 273 all out in 78.2 overs (R. Ranasinghe 44, J. Tennakoon 25, T. Weragoda 74, S. Tennakoon 28, K. Ratnayake 28, M. Fahim 5 for 74, M. Ahmed 2 for 39) – AK
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